That's a good idea sir! Thanks. Hopefully it will all go well and I can go check it out Saturday. What do you guys feel about bunk roller trailers for these boats? I've always been told they are horrible for the bottom of a boat.

i can confirm it's not fun without them in 5 footers on lake michigan.

I bet. Unfortunately I will have to put a closed loop cooling system on it. I don't like the idea of only getting a few years out of an engine due to the salt water here.

These added exhaust dumps may be a good place to inspect the condition of the platform. Take a bore-scope and/or a good flashlight and look for rotted wood inside of platform. As mentioned earlier (and in many previous posts, well documented by Masa242). Again, not a hard or expensive fix but always good to know what you are getting.

Very true. I know it sounds contrary to most, bur I hate the swim platform. I'd rather have a nice teak platform.

Red, if you are launching/recovering in freshwater rivers and boating to/from salt I would not worry that much about the closed system. It will flush out extremely well with 1/2-1 hour of running at cruse speed back to the launch in fresh water. I ran mine in the Sacramento Delta to the S.F. Bays and back regularly with no noticeable ill effects for years.

99% of my boating is on mobile and tensaw river. I will go down to the bay to eat then come back up the river. It isn't horribly salty. But It is considered brackish and will rust a knife if you leave it in your pocket while swimming.

Now that you have tripled your buy-in $$'s any renewed thought on survey? It may be worth your time to contact Eddie Young at Young Performance, he is way smart, very fair and very friendly guy and less than 150 miles from Chattanooga. Just a thought.

That's a bravo on the Atlanta boat

I will call him. Thank you for the suggestion.